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Ponzi scheme
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpɒn.zi ˌskiːm/ us /ˈpɑːn.zi ˌskiːm/
a way of deceiving investors(= people who give money to a company hoping to get more back) by using the money they give to pay interest to existing customers rather than investing it（欺骗投资者，把新加入的投资者的资金用来支付利息给原来的投资者，而不是用于投资的）庞氏骗局
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Ponzi scheme | Business English
Ponzi scheme
noun[ C ]
ukus(alsopyramid scheme)
FINANCE
a way of deceiving investors in which money that a company receives from new customers for investment is not invested for them, but is used instead to pay interest that is owed to existing customers:
He used the investors' retirement savings to conduct a Ponzi scheme.
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